Michigan
NCAA East Preliminary Round
Yungeberg Qualifies for NCAA Championships, U-M Pair Breaks Records at East Preliminaries
5/23/2024 11:59:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Site: Lexington, Ky. (Kentucky Outdoor Track & Field Complex)
Event: NCAA East Preliminary Round (Day 2)
U-M Team Finish: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Saturday, May 25 -- at NCAA East Preliminary Round - Day 3 (Lexington, Ky.), 1 p.m.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Emma Yungeberg of the University of Michigan women's track and field team earned a spot at the NCAA Championships in the javelin throw after a record-setting performance at the East Preliminary Round on Thursday (May 23) at the Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Complex.
Yungeberg was the first Wolverine to compete, throwing for a personal-best 51.35m (168 feet, 5 inches) on her first attempt. The mark tops the program record of 50.89m (164-5) that she set in her second-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships on May 10. With a sixth-place finish, Yungeberg qualified for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., next month.
In the 400-meter hurdles, Savannah Sutherland finished first in her heat and first overall with a season-best time of 54.61 seconds to advance to the Saturday's (May 25) quarterfinals. Her time is a new Kentucky Outdoor Track and Field Complex record, breaking the previous standard of 54.76 set by Kendra Harrison of Kentucky. Sidney Green also competed in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing 27th with a time of 58.38.
Aasia Laurencin finished second overall and first in her heat in the 100-meter hurdles (12.77) to advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon. Laurencin was just 0.05 seconds shy of tying her personal best.
Two Wolverines ran the 1,500-meter run, with Samantha Hastie finishing 27th (4:22.72) and Penelopea Gordon (4:24.87) finishing 39th. Cassie Kearney finished 31st in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.09.
Noelani Phillips competed in the 400-meter dash but was disqualified for a lane violation.
In the shot put, Trinity Franklin finished 20th with a personal-best mark of 15.75m (51-8.25) while Elizabeth Tapper finished 27th (15.37m, 50-5.25) and Corinne Jemison finished 28th (15.31m, 50-2.75). Franklin's mark is No. 8 on the program performers list.
Cate Visscher cleared 3.80m (12-5.5) in the pole vault to finish 43rd.
After lengthy weather delays pushed the 10,000-meter run back to 10:45 p.m., Samantha Saenz finished in 17th place with a time of 33:24.48. The mark is a personal best and moves her to No. 4 on the program performers list.
The Maize and Blue will return to the track on Saturday for the final day of the NCAA East Preliminary Round. Field events will open with the discus throw at 1 p.m. and track events will open with the 100-meter hurdle finals at 6:15 p.m.
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